Norman F. Cantor Audio Books

Much of what we know about the greatest medical disaster ever, the Black Plague of the fourteenth century, is wrong.

In this succinct portrait of Alexander the Great, distinguished scholar and historian Norman Cantor draws on the major writings of Alexander's contemporaries, as well as the most recent psychological and cultural studies, to illuminate this most legendary of men - a great figure in the ancient world, whose puzzling personality greatly fueled his military accomplishments.

Cantor explains how the current notion of the Middle Ages—with its vivid images of wars, tournaments, plagues, saints and kings, knights and ladies—was born in the twentieth century.

The Civilization of the Middle Ages incorporates current research, recent trends in interpretation, and novel perspectives to offer a sharp focus on social history, Jewish history, women’s roles in society, and religion and heresy.